The Apple Mac Pro 12-Core is an updated Mac Pro released in July 2010.

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The Apple Mac Pro 12-Core is an updated Mac Pro released in July 2010. Designed to offer 50% greater performance than previous generation Mac Pros, the 12-Core model hosts two 6-core Intel Xeon (2.66GHz) “Westmere” processors, 6GB of DDR3 SDRAM (32GB max), and a 1TB SATA HDD (4TB SATA or 2GB SSD max). Especially notable is that the multi-core processors use a single die design, allowing each core to share up to 12MB of L3 cache for an exceptional improvement in processing speed and efficiency. Also featured is an integrated memory controller for faster memory bandwidth & reduced latency; Turbo Boost for increasing CPU speeds up to 3.6GHz; and a Hyper-Threading option for creating 24 virtual cores. The most heralded upgrade is in regard to graphics, with a Radeon HD 5770 or 5870 taking centerstage, but with an option of doubling up (two graphics cards) available.